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by galdosdi 10y ago
The visibility is modified, not improved. Far away objects are more visible and very nearby objects (like curbs or children) are less visible. Bad drivers driving huge cars through dense places are scary...
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by galdosdi 10y ago
That it's an estimate doesn't change the basic moral argument unless you're suggesting it's quite likely the estimate could be so off that the actual amount is 0. If it's even 1, and the outcome could reasonably hav
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by galdosdi 10y ago
Yes, this!! If you want to visit "good suburbs" (single family homes and duplexes mostly, but with variety, character, mixed use, and you can get around by transit, walking, or car -- and a reasonable tradeoff of affordable housin
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by galdosdi 10y ago
Well, have you?
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by galdosdi 10y ago
Can confirm it happens in IT and financial also
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by galdosdi 10y ago
What do you mean by calling the phrase "making a bet" a chauvinism? It just seems like a figure of speech. Gambling has existed for a very long time. (I don't mean to disagree or agree with you, just genuinely don't know
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by galdosdi 10y ago
Really? So easy to think of scenarios where there _is_ no safe answer. For example, what if it's dense fast traffic (say, one car space between each car, 50mph) in random black ice conditions and sensors suddenly begin failing so the s
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by galdosdi 10y ago
This puts a positive spin on the culture in busier urban areas of expecting drivers in front to start very quickly at a green or else get a friendly reminder honk. If you're going to look at your phone at a red, know the light timings
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by galdosdi 10y ago
If there _is_ a valid and safe "side of the road" There are places where it takes some skill just to comply with an officer's request for you to pull over. Not everywhere is a bunch of standardized interstates.
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by galdosdi 10y ago
Eh, it's a matter of priorities. By "can afford" I'm sure the OP meant "it's even an option at all" not "it's so cheap it does not require any real tradeoffs" What percentage of USA resident
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by galdosdi 10y ago
Indeed. Manhattan residents rarely own cars (IIRC around 20% do), and when they do it's always for some weird miscellaneous reason, these being the most common ones I've noticed: - it's a toy (like a motorcycle or boat would
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by galdosdi 10y ago
One neat thing about this (that probably won't end up making that big a difference for most people, just those few with high-mileage commutes in low traffic areas) is minivans can safely go faster on the freeway than buses.
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by galdosdi 10y ago
This! Self-driving cars makes car use much cheaper, and I can't imagine any other outcome but substantially more car use as a result, leading to more traffic. At some point we have to deal with this in some way, such as tolling, especi
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by galdosdi 10y ago
That's true, but depending on the local driving culture, this may just lead to many vehicles cutting in front of you and making the gap vanish. In metro NY/NJ, at stop-and-go speeds on freeways, 1 to 2 car lengths seems to be abou
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by galdosdi 10y ago
Not on freeways
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by galdosdi 10y ago
* Availability can be addressed with a dedicated option, where you pay extra (if a fleet) or get paid a bit less (if renting out your self driving car) to ensure there's always a car whose destination's time distance from you plus
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by galdosdi 10y ago
They could be used for other purposes. People filling their garages with other junk and then having to put their car somewhere else is so common already. The driveway can become a front yard.
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by galdosdi 10y ago
The US General Services Administration owns that domain, according to web-based WHOIS on nic.gov. The .gov domain name is exclusively used by the US government. Agency : General Services Administration Organization : GSA Domain Name : PTT.G
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by galdosdi 10y ago
> Assuming the same ratio for crashes Very unlikely, but sure why not Nevertheless, we're still for some reason comparing to a terrible transit system, the SF Muni. As usual, if you compare car driving to a terrible transit system,
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by galdosdi 10y ago
WTF? I didn't mention home schools. I'm in no way against them. (I see your point though -- I think you are implying that since home school parents are not given any of the money that would be spent in the school district, this st
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by galdosdi 10y ago
Yes, we do each of those things because we want to strongly encourage their use. The unfairness is supposed to be outweighed by the social benefits to all by this encouragement. This is a good thing IF we think it's a good thing for pe
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by galdosdi 10y ago
No, no, the situation you describe is much better than in the USA. My friends are all over the country too, much like yours, but my country is _much_ bigger. I wish they were merely sprawled around an area the size of the Netherlands.
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by galdosdi 10y ago
Forget about the environment! Being hit by an SUV instead of a mid-sized sedan increases your risk of death by over 50%, even if the SUV has no cargo in it and the driver is commuting, alone, to work. Choosing SUVs and trucks and other over
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by galdosdi 10y ago
Fair point. Counterpoint: If you commute by private car, how often can you expect to get into a wreck? I know plenty of people who are terrified of driving in the same way some posters here are terrified of urban crime. It all comes down to
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by galdosdi 10y ago
I don't blame you but this is a classic attitude from someone who has never experienced good transit, so assumes transit always sucks (and weirdly, then concludes we should not try to improve transit). This is like saying hamburgers ar
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by galdosdi 10y ago
Yeah, this kind of thing pisses me off. They're literally trying to have it both ways. More pragmatically, it's why I'm wary of purchasing any "unlimited" or other deal where a back-of-the-envelope estimate suggests
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by galdosdi 10y ago
I don't think so, well, at least not entirely. :-) Dynamic languages were attractive as an alternative to being forced to specify types all the time, even when it's "obvious." Nobody would have complained if type errors
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by galdosdi 10y ago
They're comparing to NYC, not Manhattan. NYC includes 5 boroughs (and some of them are _large_), and while Manhattan and inner parts of Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens are dense, most of Staten Island and outer parts of Bronx and Queens ar
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by galdosdi 10y ago
I'll bite. It would take a lot longer than a couple of hours of twitter being down for that to have a useful effect. For something as major as the presidential election result, it would probably take minimum a week before people got bo
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by galdosdi 10y ago
Great point, suburban supermarkets do seem to be very bulk oriented. Look into freezing. Way more things than you'd think handle freezing well. Cheese, bread (toast or even just warm it briefly before consuming for maximum tastiness),

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